Programs We Support

The DC Public Library Foundation partners with the DC Public Library to support and enrich the capabilities, resources and services that the Library provides, enhancing but not supplanting the D.C. government’s responsibility for funding DCPL.

With support from individual, corporate and foundation donors, the DC Public Library Foundation helps expand the Library’s level of services for all District residents in four key areas:

Bridging the summer learning gap with the Summer Reading program, which encourages kids to keep reading during their summer vacation;

Promoting early literacy through programs such as STAR: Sing, Talk and Read DC, which helps parents learn the importance of using books to interact with their babies; and STAR: Books from Birth, which delivers one book per month to all registered children in the District under the age of five;

Increasing District residents’ access to economic opportunity through computer training classes that provide job readiness training and support; and

Celebrating the District’s cultural vibrancy with signature programs such as Uncensored: Banned Books Week, in which we partner with local artists and authors to promote and support their work.

For more information about the Foundation’s priorities and the programs we support at the Library, please read our 2014 Impact Report.

Events

The DC Public Library Foundation is proud to host a variety of cultural and educational programs and events –